Updates on search for baby stuff!

UPDATE: Stroller search

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We were just up in Bethesda this weekend and had some lunch at a street festival in between test driving cars. While there, I checked out everyone strollers and noticed a new brand - Phil & Ted's stroller system, on which you can attach a second seat for a second child! You can use the regular stroller without the second seat, then attach it later.

I saw at least two families with this stroller. I looked it up in my Baby Bargains book and it got an A- so it's a solid brand. And priced at $449, it's a better deal than the $669 UPPAbaby stroller, which also allows you to add a 2nd child seat to.

It's a three-wheeled stroller with a sporty look, so it would be most comparable to the Baby Jogger and BOB strollers that we were considering. AND, you can attach the Peg Prego infant car seat that we want to it. Hmmmm....

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Breast pump

Our birth class teacher and three other women in the class all said go with the Medala Pump in Style breast pump, hands down. No other contender. That's easy.

I looked at the options and the one that made the most sense was the one that comes attached into a shoulder bag (above link), priced at $279. You can get the same pump with a shoulder bag that it comes out of for $329 so that you could use the shoulder bag later on after you stop pumping. I don't need to use the bag again, so I think it makes sense to save the $50 and go with the standard pump.

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Baby Monitor

Video or audio? That is the first thing to decide. A good friend of ours said that with the audio, they were constantly running upstairs to check on the baby when they heard a sound. Then they got the video one and could just check on the video and not run upstairs and disturb the baby. That makes sense. So we decided to go for video.

Our friend recommended the Summer Infant video monitor. So did our Baby Bargains book! That makes it easy. We found a great monitor -- Summer Infant Best View Hanheld Color Video Monitor with 2.5" screen -- that has video with zoom and it's digital so there is minimal interference with neighbors.

Right now, it's out of stock at Buy Buy Baby. But it's available AND costs $30 cheaper at Amazon.com! (Update: Back in stock at Buy Buy Baby! Still cheaper at Amazon.com, unless you have a 20% off coupon for Bed Bath & Beyond, which you can use a Buy Buy Baby!)